If the Bible and the microscope do not agee, the microscope is wrong

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.

A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.

This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.

There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The DEMOCRATIC idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them

When we advocate a thing which we believe will be successful we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by trying to show what we will do if we are wrong.